Sheila MacVicar Joins Al Jazeera America

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Sheila MacVicar, veteran international correspondent most recently with CBS News, has joined Al Jazeera America as a correspondent for America Tonight, based in Washington.

America tonight will be a daily prime time magazine show on the 24/7 news channel, which launches next month.

MacVicar's resume also included stints with ABC News and CNN.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.